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Anybody arguing either side of Germany's seeming lack of participation in the Cold War should know two things:
1)The Cold War was about one place on this planet, the Fulda Gap along the inner German border. That's where the T-72s would have rolled.
2)The reason W Germany didn't participate in NATO beyond the FRG is that the victors in WW II made certain the Bundeswehr was prevented from doing so by the postwar constitution. Same thing applies to Japan.
It's neither good nor bad, it's just the way it was--and remains today.
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